Journal box lubricator



May 14, 1935. T. CARDWELL JOURP ML BOX LUBRICATOR Filed Sept. 11, 1932 mf /775. W022 W Patented May 14, 1 935 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOURNAL BOX 'LUBRICATOR Thomas Cardwell, St. Louis, Mo. Application September 11, 1933; Serial No. 688,881

Claims. This invention relates to journal box lubricators, and is specially designed'and adapted'for use to lubricate the journal boxes of engine trucks, trailers and tenders, and passenger and 5 freight car journal boxes.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved journal box lubricator having a supporting frame of appropriate length and width and designed and adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from thejournal box that is to be lubricated, in combination with means mounted on said frame for supporting and pressing a wick structure against the journal in a manner to apply oil to the journal in an effective manner.

Another object of the inventionis to provide an improved journal box lubricator embodying new and useful features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein illustrated and described, reference being made to the annexed drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the journal box having my improved lubricator mounted therein.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of the journal box showing the lubricator in end elevation.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lubricator detached from the journal box and having the latch member released.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wick device apart from its supporting members.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spring actuated supporting member that presses the wick device against the journal.

The journal I extends into the journal box 2, which is designed and adapted to contain a quantity of oil to be applied to the journal.

My improved lubricator comprises a support including a plate shaped to provide a bottom wall 3 and upwardly extended side portions 4. A cross member 5 is mounted between the sides 4 of the frame and has its ends 6 bent outwardly toward the ends of the sides 4 and mounted on pivots 7.

A pair of angular bars have their inner ends attached to the cross member 5, each bar comprising a vertical portion 8 and a downwardly and laterally extended portion 9.

Brackets l0 and II are attached to the opposite ends of the side members 4 of the frame and have their inner ends spaced apart and in alinement and provided with notches (Fig. 3) to receive the downwardly and outwardly extended flanges 9 of the longitudinal bars and thereby cooperate with the cross member 5 to support said bars. These bars may be detachable from the brackets l6 and H or permanently connected therewith, as desired.

A latch member 12 has one end mounted on a pivot [3 on the bracket member l i and the opposite end provided with a notch 14 designed and adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from a lug I 5 supported by the bracket [0. v

The wick structure comprises two side wic members I 6 of approximately the same width and an intermediate wick portion H of less width than the wickportions it. The upper edges of these three wick portions are designed and adapted to be pressed against'the journal I while the wick portions ibextend downwardly into the oil in the journal box and function as conveyors and applicators whereby the oil is conveyed ana'ap plied to the journal I.

A support for pressing the wick device against the journal is shown apart from the remaining structure in Fig. 5. This support comprises an elongated bar it supporting a row of vertical posts i9 extending through the bottom of a channel bar 20 and having nuts 2| screwed on their upper ends to hold the-channel bar in connection therewith. Springs 22 are mounted on the posts l9, having their lower ends resting upon the bar l8 and their upper ends supporting the channel bar 20.

The device is assembled by mounting the wick structure on this support in position in which the channel bar at is between the downwardly ex tended portions of the wick members l6 and against the under edge of the middle wick member 11. These parts assembled in this way are thenplaced between the lonigtudinal bars 8-9, the bar 8 resting upon the bottom 3 of the frame and the wicks extending well above the frame. Then the latch member I2 is engaged with the lug l5 to hold the parts in assembled relationship and the device is ready to be placed in the journal box and used.

The wicks, being easily removable and replaceable, constitute a convenient feature of the invention. The support for these wicks may be of a structure other than that shown without departing from the invention.

This invention has been found to serve its intended objects and purposes efficiently and with a high degree of satisfaction and to apply an abundant amount of oil to the journal I. The construction and arrangement of the invention may be varied within the scope of equivalent limits without departure from the nature. and principle of the invention. I do not restrict myself unessentially but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A journal box lubricator comprising a support, a cross member pivoted near one end of said support, a pair of spaced brackets attached to the opposite end of said support, two spaced parallel bars having their inner ends attached to said cross member and having their outer ends detachably engaging the inner ends of said brackets and supported thereby, a wick device mounted between said bars, an actuator for pressing saidwick device upwardly, and a latch member pivoted to one of said brackets and engageable with and disengageable from the other for holding said wick device from outward longitudinal movement from between said bars. I

2. A journal box lubricator comprising a support, a frame mounted in said support, a wick device mounted in said frame and having a central portion and downwardly extended side portions separated below said central portion by an intervening space, a bar mounted on said support in said space between said side portions of said wick device, a bar in said space between said side portions of said wick device above said first bar and engaging said central portion of said wick device, springs supported by said first bar and pressing said second 'bar against the under side of said central portion of said wick device between said side portions thereof, and members holding said springs in position and engaging and guiding said second bar.

3. A journal box lubricator comprising a sup port, a frame carried by said support and having an opening at one end, a wick device insertable in and withdrawable from said frame through said opening and having downwardly extended side portions separated by an intervening space and engaging said support, an elongated bar mounted in said space and engaging the under side of said wick device between said side portions and being insertable in and withdrawable from said frame with said wick device through said opening, an element mounted on said support below said bar, means connecting said element with said bar, and springs mounted on said element and actuating said bar and thereby said wick device upwardly.

4. A journal box lubricator comprising a support, a frame mounted in said support, a wick device mounted in said frame and having a central portion and downwardly extended side portions separated below said central portion by an intervening space, a channel bar in said space between said side portions of said wick device receiving and engaging the lower margin of said central portion of said wick device, springs pressing said channel bar upwardly, and means for holding said springs in proper relationship.

5. A journal box lubricator comprising a support, a frame mounted in said support, a wick device mounted in said frame and having a central portion and downwardly extended side portions separated below said central portion by an intervening space, a channel bar in said space between said side portions of said wick device engaging the underside of said central portion of said wick device, springs pressing said channel bar against said central portion of said wick device, and members guiding said channel bar and holding said springs and said channel bar in proper cooperative relationship.

THOMAS CARDWELL. 

